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Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason traders and businesses who do not employ at least one person are excluded from the JobBridge scheme. [20987/11]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share my time with Deputies Browne and Dooley. I would prefer not to have to introduce this Bill. I have plenty of other things to be doing rather than sitting down preparing legislation, but the Minister, Deputy Bruton, gave a solemn commitment, on the morning of the High Court decision on 7 July last, to senior representatives...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Government could push ahead with it now.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Hurry back.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the sale of Superquinn to the Musgrave retail group, the competition issues that may arise from this agreement, the potential impact on the grocery sector across the country, the potential impact on the 2,800 workers employed by Superquinn and the need for the Minister for Jobs,...

Employment Support Services (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he has satisfied himself that the measures in place to counter unemployment and immigration are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21221/11]

Employment Support Services (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for his response. Will he accept that many of the 20,900 activation places he mentioned were in the pipeline and had been budgeted for by the previous Government? When will the new national employment and entitlement service, which seems to be a central piece of the Government's employment policy, be available? On numerous occasions I have asked the Minister for Social...

Employment Support Services (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: No additional funding has been provided for the enterprise agencies. The Minister will realise that their record in net job creation in recent years has been pretty poor. There has been no appreciable improvement in the economies of the countries from which we attract much of our foreign directive investment, FDI, in particular the United States. Given the Government's projections of what...

SME Sector (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that the arrangements in place to provide credit to businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises, are adequate; and, if not, the measures he proposes to take. [21222/11]

SME Sector (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Did I understand the Minister of State to say that as a result of restructuring, the banks are now providing credit to businesses, particularly small businesses? The Minister of State must realise that there is a credit famine out there. The banks are not lending to businesses, particularly small businesses. The Credit Review Office is effectively a toothless tiger; it is just as good as...

SME Sector (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I did, actually.

SME Sector (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: That is true.

SME Sector (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister of State suggests that I should read the reports. I have read them in some detail. I would like to know if the Minister of State agrees with my conclusion from having read the reports, which is that there seems to be something of a balance-sheet paradox. The actual lending to SMEs has dropped quite considerably because much of the money being loaned out, as per the balance...

SME Sector (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Has the Government factored in an annual figure for how much this will cost the State?

Job Creation (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: As the Minister rightly says, Ireland has been very successful in this area and there is great potential in it. Does the Minister agree that the development of this important sector is hampered somewhat by the fact that there are different Government agencies and Departments dealing with different segments of the market? Does he also agree that what is key to growing the sector is a highly...

Job Creation (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I am not suggesting for a moment that we create another agency. We want to see fewer agencies and not more of them. Is the Minister aware of the recommendations for the sector in the Forfás report about making it happen? I refer specifically to the proposal that the Government should facilitate networking and collaboration across sub-sectors of the creative industries, such as digital...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (14 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his involvement in the work of the tax strategy group. [20302/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Functions: Ministerial Functions (14 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the powers beyond those contained in the Act establishing his Department which he expects to have transferred to him in the coming months. [20301/11]

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to tackle homelessness for children leaving care at 18 years of age. [19837/11]